11. The Visitation, single leaf from a Book of Hours, manuscript on vellum, large miniature of St. Elizabeth meeting the Virgin and gently touching her stomach, in blue and red gowns, shot with gold, behind them a large tree, and a grassy knoll partly concealing a castle entrance, in the distance another castle on a hill, in an arched compartment, with inner border of coloured shells on a gold background, and 3 lines of text below, surrounded by full-page border of foliage and flowers in gold and colours, verso with 16 lines of text in a regular gothic hand, 7 initials and line-fillers in gold, red, blue and white, slightly marked, 175 x 125 mm., [ North France, c.1470].
est. £800 – £1200